Hello everyone!!!! It has been a long time since we have sent out an email. We have so much going on. This is a wonderful time of year!!

We are taking Thanksgiving Turkey reservations now. If you are interested let us know so we can put you down for one. Turkeys are limited so don’t delay! Turkeys will be sold for $4.50 per pound and a $30 deposit will be due on or before October 1 to secure your gobbler. Turkey pick-ups will be the Saturday before Thanksgiving at the Chatham Mills market between 8:00am and 12:00pm or the day before thanksgiving, Wednesday,  at the special Thanksgiving Chatham Mills Market, time to be determined.  All of our turkeys are pasture raised and antibiotic free. We follow organic practices; however we are not certified organic. If you have any questions please email, call or stop by the Pittsboro Market on Thursday from 3:30-6:00 or the Chatham Mills Market on Saturday from 8:00-12:00.

I want to thanks everyone who has supported us this summer. We love our customers and are so happy to be able to provide quality natural meat to wonder people. Our Fall/Winter CSA will begin October 20 and 22 with Thursday and Saturday pick-ups. For more information about signing up for our 27 week fall/winter CSA please email us or stop by one of the markets.

WE HAVE LAMB!!!!!!! Stop by the Chatham Mills market Saturday from 8:00-12:00 to pick some up. If you are super interested in lamb but will not be able to make the market this week let us know asap so we can put some aside for you!

Finally, don’t forget to mark on your calendars, Carolina Brewery’s October Festival,  this Saturday, September 24. It will be lots of fun for the entire family including tons of kids’ activities and beer. There will also be a sidewalk market with local farmers and artists too! We will be there with our coolers and our pint glasses! Come check it out!

Enjoy this beautiful weather!!!

Thanks again for all your love and support!

Lilly Den Farm

Hello everyone!!!! It has been a long time since we have sent out an email. We have so much going on. This is a wonderful time of year!!

We are taking Thanksgiving Turkey reservations now. If you are interested let us know so we can put you down for one. Turkeys are limited so don’t delay! Turkeys will be sold for $4.50 per pound and a $30 deposit will be due on or before October 1 to secure your gobbler. Turkey pick-ups will be the Saturday before Thanksgiving at the Chatham Mills market between 8:00am and 12:00pm or the day before thanksgiving, Wednesday,  at the special Thanksgiving Chatham Mills Market, time to be determined.  All of our turkeys are pasture raised and antibiotic free. We follow organic practices; however we are not certified organic. If you have any questions please email, call or stop by the Pittsboro Market on Thursday from 3:30-6:00 or the Chatham Mills Market on Saturday from 8:00-12:00.

I want to thanks everyone who has supported us this summer. We love our customers and are so happy to be able to provide quality natural meat to wonder people. Our Fall/Winter CSA will begin October 20 and 22 with Thursday and Saturday pick-ups. For more information about signing up for our 27 week fall/winter CSA please email us or stop by one of the markets.

WE HAVE LAMB!!!!!!! Stop by the Chatham Mills market Saturday from 8:00-12:00 to pick some up. If you are super interested in lamb but will not be able to make the market this week let us know asap so we can put some aside for you!

Finally, don’t forget to mark on your calendars, Carolina Brewery’s October Festival,  this Saturday, September 24. It will be lots of fun for the entire family including tons of kids’ activities and beer. There will also be a sidewalk market with local farmers and artists too! We will be there with our coolers and our pint glasses! Come check it out!

Enjoy this beautiful weather!!!

Thanks again for all your love and support!

Lilly Den Farm

Farmers markets are in full swing and we are enjoying being a part of them.

We are at the Fearington Farmers Market every Tuesday from 4:00 - 6:00, Goldston Growers Market every Wednesday from 3:30 - 6:00, Pittsboro Farmers Market every Thursday from 3:30 - 6:00, and Chatham Mills every Saturday from 8:00 - 12:00.

Our CSA can be picked up at any market. If you have any special orders email or call so we can be sure to have it ready for you.
Remember, we are here to  "Meat your Needs"

-Lilly Den Farm

Happy Memorial Day Weekend. Don't forget to come out to the Chatham Mills Market tomorrow between 8 & 12 to get all of your grilling needs. Lilly Den Pork Ribs are on sale this weekend as our holiday special. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Lilly Den Farm

Lilly Den Farm invites you to

our

CSA & Customer Appreciation Picnic

 Everyone is welcome so bring friends and family! Bring a chair and a change of clothes for the kids. A dish to pass is welcome but not necessary. Bring a towel for our small pool should be up and running for the kids.

*** RSVP would be VERY helpful so we know how much meat to thaw! Call or Text Tucker (919)-356-5330 or email us at lillydenfarm@yahoo.com ***

I hope everyone is enjoying this weather as much as we are here at the farm. We had a great holiday weekend starting at the Chatham Mills Farmers Market and ending at Schakori. Fun times.


I wanted to remind everyone that you can find us at the Fearington Farmers Market on Tuesdays from 4:00-6:30, Pittsboro Farmers Market on Thursdays from 3:30-6:00, and The Chatham Mills Market on Saturday mornings from 8:00-12:00. Beginning this Saturday, April  30th from 9:00-1:00 you will also find our product at the Carolina Brewery Local Market outside the Hopshop in Pittsboro. All the markets great with a wonderful variety of vendors.

We currently have 2 legs of Lamb for sale. They are $10.50 per pound. If you are interested let us know and we will put them aside for you until you are able to pick it up.

Don't forget to market May 15, 2011 on your calendars for our CSA/Costumer Appreciation picnic at the farm.

Enjoy this beautiful weather. See you at the markets!

-Lilly Den Farm

Lilly Den Farm

Thank you to everyone one for a wonderful farmer’s market season. Next week will be our last week at the markets. However, there is a special Day before Thanksgiving Market the Carolina Brewery Wednesday, November 24 from 8:00am to 12:30pm. We will also be at Angelina’s Kitchen on Thursday afternoons from 5:00pm-6:30pm and The Carolina Brewery, Saturdays from 11:00am-12:30pm handing out shares to our CSA members. We will have our coolers full of meat for everyone to purchase. This is a great way for us to be able to supply quality meat to our community throughout the winter. Special orders are always encouraged. Contact Tucker via email lillydenfarm@yahoo.com or cell phone (919)-356-5330.

Our Products:

Unfortunately we will not have any more pork until after December 2. However, we have a large variety of beef and veal for all your holiday weekend needs.  If you would like to place an order before Thanksgiving contact Tucker at (919) 356-5330 or lillydenfarm@yahoo.com to ensure that you get the cuts and variety you are looking for. We will have thanksgiving orders ready for pick up at the Carolina Brewery the Saturday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

We continue to pick up all the brewer’s grain from Carolina Brewery to feed our pigs and other animals. Our pigs are happy and full on local grains and our steers are feed this delicious grain as they are in their finishing stage. Receiving the brewers grain had been a wonderful asset to Lilly Den Farm and we can’t thank the owner of the brewery, Robert, and his brew crew for being so wonderful to work with.

Animal News:

Unfortunately we have had a minor chicken catastrophe on the farm. Our dog, who doesn’t care for chickens, managed to get in to the chicken coop and proceeded to kill 50+ of our laying chickens. Needless to say we will not have eggs to provide you with throughout the winter. Our egg production should be back up and going come spring. We are sorry for any convenience. To make sure that an event like this does not happen again we hotwired around the chicken barn. Molson is petrified of hot wire and has not been near the barn since.

CSA:

A very special thank you to all of our CSA members. We could not be any happier with how smooth the first third of the CSA went. We are lucky to have such a wonderful group of people to work with. We hope you are enjoying being a part of our CSA as much as we are enjoying it. As always, if you have any questions, concerns, needs, or special requests contact us at any time.

Finding our Products:

Our products are available any time for purchase at Lilly Den Farm in Goldston. Come check us out!


Restaurants:

Angelina's Kitchen located in Historic Downtown Pittsboro provides only local products to create wonderful Greek creations. Check out their delicious daily specials made with fresh seasonal ingredients. We are proud to provide a growing variety of meats to for Angelina’s.

Our Neighborhood School and Pizzeria, located in Historic Downtown Pittsboro is proud to offer inside seating. Visit them for an amazing Italian meal or delicious pizza made with Lilly Den products in a Tuscan Style atmosphere.

Carolina Brewery and Grill Pittsboro, located in the Lowes shopping center is celebrating fall with an Octoberfest, September 25 at their Pittsboro location. Mark it on your calendars and join us for fall food, beer, fun, music, and market vendors.

For more frequent updates on farm happenings check us out on facebook!

Taco Soup

Here is a wonderful and easy recipe. It is perfect when feeding a crowd!!

Total prep and cooking time: 15 minutes 

1 pound ground beef

1 packet taco seasoning

2 cans stewed tomatoes

1 can corn

1 can pinto beans

1 can black beans

1 small jar salsa

1/2 cup ranch dressing (optional)

Sautee ground beef and add taco seasoning. Add all other ingredients and stir. Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream, and tortilla chips. Enjoy!

Thank you to everyone one for kicking off our farmer’s market experience. We are having an amazing time meeting everyone and providing the community with quality meat. We are excited to able to offer our products year round and continue to see our customers on a weekly basis throughout the fall and winter.

Our Products:

We have been selling a lot of meat at the markets and off the farm. Most of you will be happy to know that we are picking up a steer from the butcher and will have a full supply of beef for next Tuesday’s market at Fearington Village, September 14, 2010. We also have most cuts of pork available. If you would like to place an order before the markets contact Tucker at (919) 356-5330 or lillydenfarm@yahoo.com to ensure that you get the cuts and variety you are looking for.

We are so excited to be receiving all the brewer’s grain from Carolina Brewery to feed our pigs and other animals. Our pigs are happy and full on local grains and our steers are feed this delicious grain as they are in their finishing stage. We are working closely with Jon Conley and the rest of his brew crew to improve our farm while keeping the best interest of all the animals first.

Animal News:

We increased our flock size due to popular demand of Lilly Den customers for free range eggs. Currently we only have a small flock of laying chickens but we are hoping to have our additional 30 hens laying in the next 7 weeks.

CSA:

If you are interested in receiving a weekly supply of a naturally raised meats throughout the fall, winter, and spring you should check out our CSA. We have three different size options to choice from hoping to meet everyone's needs. We decided to add additional single, couple, and family shares to our CSA. Memberships are available for sign up on our website, www.lillydenfarm .com.

Don't forget to sign up for your Thanksgiving Turkeys. Turkeys are limited and are on a first come first serve bases. If you have any questions about our CSA or reserving a thanksgiving turkey please email us at lillydenfarm@yahoo.com or call Tucker at (919) 356-5330.

While you are on our website don’t forget to check out and respond to our blog entry. It talks about the process or humanly raising veal, what goes into raising veal, and why veal is so different then beef.

Lilly Den and Cattle Showing:

Tucker was honored to judge the Silk Hope Jr. Show on Saturday, September 13, 2010 at the Silk Hope Farmers Days. Congratulations to all the exhibitors on a fine job!

Finding our Products:

Our products are available any time for purchase at Lilly Den Farm in Goldston. Come check us out!

Farmers Markets:


Fearington Farmers Market, between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro on 15/501, Tuesdays from 4:00-7:30

Pittsboro Farmers Market, located on 64 business in Pittsboro, Thursdays from 3:30-6:00.

• Pittsboro’s farmers market just got better with the wonderful addition to Carol’s Good Earth Farm. Robert and Jim provide the most amazing fresh cut bouquets that last and last.

Carolina Brewery's Farmers Market, located on 15/501 in Pittsboro, Saturday mornings from 8:00-12:00

Fearington Market, Pittsboro Market, and Carolina Brewery’s Farmers Market just got a new wood craft vendor, Jeff. He makes gorgeous cutting boards, lamps, Adirondack chairs, and so much more from wood that he finds in his backyard and neighboring yards in Chatham County. Check him out and start your Christmas shopping early with locally made woods crafts that everyone on your Christmas list can use and will love.

In addition to a variety of natural meats, all these farmers markets have a wonderful selection of locally grown vegetables, fruits, fresh cut flowers, potted plants, delicious baked goods, jams, preserves, cheeses, and so much more.

Saxapahaw Music Festival and Market, in downtown Saxapahaw, is over for the year. Thanks to all the vendor, musicians, volunteers, guests, and the wonderful town of Sazapahaw for a great season.

Restaurants:

Angelina's Kitchen located in Historic Downtown Pittsboro provides only local products to create wonderful Greek creations. Check out their delicious daily specials made with fresh seasonal ingredients. We are proud to provide a growing variety of meats to for Angelina’s.

Our Neighborhood School and Pizzeria, located in Historic Downtown Pittsboro is proud to offer inside seating. Visit them for an amazing Italian meal or delicious pizza made with Lilly Den products in a Tuscan Style atmosphere.

Carolina Brewery and Grill Pittsboro, located in the Lowes shopping center is celebrating fall with an Octoberfest, September 25 at their Pittsboro location. Mark it on your calendars and join us for fall food, beer, fun, music, and market vendors.

For more frequent updates on farm happenings check us out on facebook!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a phenomenon that had become more and more common in the last 20 years. CSA‘s provide the opportunity for people to receive fresh local products directly from the farmers. The most common kind of CSA is a vegetable/produce CSA but there are other CSA’s offered like meat, meat/produce combination, and fresh cut flowers.

A CSA, simply, works through a strong customer/farmer relationship. Generally, customers will buy a share or membership to join the CSA. Shares are limited but vary depending on the CSA.  A designated day and time is set aside each week for the farm to meet his/her members with a bag or box of fresh local products.

There are many wonderful advantages of a CSA for both the farmers and the consumers. CSA’s provide people with healthy, fresh, flavorful products. In addition members of CSA often become friendly with the farmer and get to visit the farm to see where their food is grown and learn more about the process. Farmers also benefit from CSA’s because the advance payments help cash flow on the farm. Also, it is nice for farmers to know their customers likes and dislikes.

Due to popular demands of Lilly Den’s Natural Meats and at the request of our customers, we are starting a 27 week meat CSA to provide our community with a constant supply of natural meat throughout the fall, winter, and spring seasons.  The CSA will provide you with a variety of meats including beef, pork, goat, lamb, veal, and poultry.

Lilly Den Farm is proud to be providing a variety of meat to our customers throughout the fall and winter months through a meat CSA. We a thrilled to have a way of providing our products to our customers while the seasonal farmers markets aren’t open. 

Lilly Den CSA will be structured as followed:

Members can sign-up for one of the following; $15, $25, or $35 worth of meat per week. Special ordering will be available for larger amounts. The variety of meats will rotate in a four week cycle. Week one you will receive beef, week two you will receive pork, week three you will have a choice of veal, lamb or goat, and week four you will receive poultry. The remaining weeks will follow this pattern. Members will be given the option to sign up for as few as two varieties of meat or all varieties.  If you choose to sign up for less than all the varieties of meats, your shares will be substituted for the varieties you chose.  Of course, weekly variety rotation is subject to change due to meat supply.

Pick up dates will be determined as we get closer to the fall season and pick up locations will be determined based on customer’s location. 

Payment:

First payment of one third of you total 27 week purchase will be due one week before first pick-up and can be mailed directly to Lilly Den Farm or dropped off at one of our pick-up locations. The second third of your payment will be paid at pick-up of week eight and the final third of your payment will be paid at pick-up of week 17. If you wish to pay in full the week before week one you will receive 5% off your total purchase.

If you are interested in becoming a member of our CSA you can sign up via www.lillydenfarm.com under the link CSA. If you have any questions feel free to contact Tucker at (919) 356-5330 or lillydenfarm@yahoo.com

***Information for this blog was taken from www.localharvest.org